True North, Telewave.io team up on mission-critical broadband and digital twins

By AI, Created 5:16 PM UTC, May 29, 2026, /AGP/ – True North and Telewave.io have formed a strategic partnership to package operational digital twin software with mission-critical broadband and systems integration for utilities, cities, municipalities and transportation agencies across North America. The companies will introduce the joint offering at the UTC Telecom & Technology Conference in Minneapolis, where they will showcase a combined platform for communications, telemetry, analytics and real-time operational intelligence.

Why it matters: - Utilities and cities are under pressure to modernize communications, improve resiliency and support AI-enabled operations. - The partnership combines broadband infrastructure and operational intelligence in one framework for mission-critical environments. - The joint approach is aimed at future autonomous operations, not just visualization.

What happened: - True North and Telewave.io announced a strategic partnership on June 1, 2026. - The collaboration targets utilities, municipalities, transportation agencies and critical infrastructure organizations across North America. - The partnership will be formally introduced at the opening day of the UTC Telecom & Technology Conference 2026 in Minneapolis, June 1-4. - Attendees can meet the companies at Booth #521 during the conference.

The details: - True North is pairing its Apollo operational digital twin, or Apollo ODT, with Telewave.io’s Sentinel mission-critical broadband solution and systems integration services. - The combined platform is designed to unify broadband communications, telemetry, AI-driven analytics, cybersecurity, transportation systems, utility infrastructure and real-time situational intelligence. - Apollo ODT includes intelligent transportation systems, Vision Zero initiatives, grid reliability, utility operations, asset monitoring, critical infrastructure management, cybersecurity intelligence and edge-based machine learning. - Apollo ODT also uses CBRS connectivity, distributed data fabric architecture, neural-network-based intelligence models and autonomous agent and node orchestration. - True North says the edge-based design keeps intelligent agents close to the equipment and data and creates an immutable, auditable record of system and operator decisions. - Sentinel includes design, deployment and support services for private communications networks and an AI layer on top of those networks. - Sentinel extends LMR services into a broadband architecture and supports interoperability with private cellular networks, including CBRS band systems. - Sentinel supports voice, video and data communications on one platform. - Sentinel turns radio voice into structured operational intelligence through live transcription, AI-generated call summaries, keyword alerting and unit and incident tracking on an integrated operator console. - Sentinel’s event stream is natively consumable by digital-twin and dashboard platforms. - True North and Telewave.io said the combined solution can support distributed data fabric using autonomous neural networks, utility and smart grid communications, critical infrastructure communications, intelligent transportation and municipal asset intelligence. - Telewave.io says its Sentinel division is focused on mission-critical communications systems and on serving as a backbone for digital twinning solutions. - Bill Pugh, co-founder of True North Software Solutions, said most digital twins are visualizations, while Apollo is already running in production across municipalities and university deployments. - Bill Pugh said Telewave.io’s Sentinel bridges LMR into private broadband and CBRS and helps deliver an integrated communications and intelligence stack.

Between the lines: - The partnership reflects a broader push to connect legacy radio systems with private broadband and AI-enabled software rather than replace them outright. - By tying telemetry and communications into the same operational layer, the companies are positioning their stack as infrastructure for decision-making, not just monitoring. - The emphasis on auditable records and edge intelligence suggests a focus on regulated, safety-critical environments where traceability matters.

What’s next: - True North and Telewave.io will use the UTC conference to present the joint solution and discuss upcoming deployment initiatives. - The companies are targeting continued adoption by utilities and municipalities investing in real-time data integration and resilient communications. - The partnership is intended to support scalable architecture for future autonomous operations and AI-enabled infrastructure management.

The bottom line: - True North and Telewave.io are betting that the next wave of public-infrastructure modernization will require both mission-critical connectivity and an operational digital twin layer that can act on the data in real time. - More information: True North Software Solutions and Telewave.io.